Chapter 665: Millennium Grand Event! Meng Ying Makes Her Entrance!

Nine lives, one death!

Those nine characters plunged the Goddess of Eternal Night back into silence.

Empress Tina also fell silent.

The two stared at each other across a mirror, neither speaking for a long while.

A Saint Realm had rendered a peak Third-Tier deity speechless—if they weren't sisters, this would never have happened.

The Saint Realm was indeed powerful, and Empress Tina did not appear to be a First-Stage Saint Realm, but rather a powerful one like Angest.

She might even be slightly stronger than Angest.

But such a Saint Realm, upon becoming a god, would leap directly past First and Second Rank divine cores, possessing a Third-Tier divine core outright.

Of course, even with a divine core, one must forge a divine body to unleash corresponding combat power.

Otherwise, combat power would be drastically diminished.

Moreover, the rank of a divine core is not determined by the amount of divine power; the god must continually increase their divine power to sustain their battles.

In other words, even such a powerful Saint Realm, upon becoming a god, remains immeasurably distant from a peak Third-Tier deity.

How dare one speak to a peak Third-Tier deity in such a manner?

After a long while, the Goddess of Eternal Night finally spoke:

"I thought you'd believe my breakthrough this time was ten deaths, no life."

Her tone was flat.

Yet within it, a faint hint of self-mockery lingered.

Empress Tina's gaze shifted:

"So you've made your decision, then?"

The Goddess of Eternal Night said: "Yes, my power has reached its peak—I can wait no longer!"

Empress Tina's eyes revealed disappointment.

She turned and walked away.

"I will prepare everything properly during this time; you need not worry about the Eternal Night Empire. If you perish, I will avenge you in ten thousand years!"

Empress Tina's voice faded away.

On the dark mirror, the image shattered rapidly.

Not long after, the mirror's surface once again showed the palace ceiling.

All returned to stillness.

The long night stretched on.

The moon, high above the heavens, finally sank below the horizon.

Before dawn, the entire imperial palace stirred once more into bustle.

The imperial capital was divided into inner and outer districts.

The imperial palace was also divided into inner and outer courts.

The imperial palace of the Eternal Night Empire occupied an astonishingly vast area.

Outside the palace, there was a very large square.

The Emperor's thousand-year birthday celebration would be held here.

Nobles who received invitations were eager to attend.

The counts were the most eager—by the faintest light of dawn, they had all arrived.

"Count Albert, haven't we not seen each other for over a decade?"

"Yes, yes, time flies—thirteen years have passed, we've both grown old..."

Across the square, such conversations echoed everywhere.

Many nobles sought out old friends to catch up.

The number of counts in the Eternal Night Empire was not small.

After all, this was an empire that had existed for over a thousand years.

Noble titles were hereditary.